Washboiler attachment



(No Model.)

J. N. EMARINE.

WASHBOILER ATTACHMENT.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

Patented May 31,1898.

.(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

l J. N. EMARINE.

. WASHBOILER ATTACHMENT. No. 604,858. Patented May 31,1898.

v UNITED STATE PAT T OFFICE.

JAMES N. EMARIN E, OF EARLY, IdWA.

WASHBOILER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFJECA'IION formingpart of" Letters Patent No. 604,858, dated May 31, 1898.

A pplicationfiledMay 4, 1897. Serial No. 635,095- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, J AMES N. EMARINE, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Early,

in the county of Sac and State of Iowa, have invented a new'and useful Washboiler Attachment, of which the following is a SPGCifi.

cation.

My object is .to facilitate heating water and washing clothes in a washboiler by rapidly circulating hot waterthrough the meshes of woven fabrics as required to dissolve and remove dirt from clothing Without rubbing the articles on a washboard.

My invention consists in attaching a water heater and conductor to the bottom of a washboiler, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is atop view of the attachment ready to be applied to a washboiler. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatical view of a sheet-metal blank adapted in form to produce a support for the flat bottom of a boiler around the openings, through which tubes are extended. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the supports ready to be applied to a boiler. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a washboiler. of common form and also of my attachment on the line a: a; in Fig. 1, applied theretoas required for practical use. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a boiler having my attachment applied'and parts of the boiler broken away to show the end portions of the'attachment.

The letter A designates a water-heater composed of a plurality of straight pipes B, connected at their ends to produce a serpentine coil adaptedto extend from one end portion of the boiler to the other.

B is ashort externally-screw-threaded tube fixed to one end of the coil to extend up through the bottom of the boiler as an inlet for water placed in the boiler.

C is a corresponding short tube fixed to the other end of the coil to extend up through a sheet-metal support andinto the boiler, and D is an extension connected with the top thereof inside of the boiler by means of a coupling F or inany suitable way.

H is a spout fixed to the top of the tube D to direct water and steam, as indicated by arrows in Fig. 4.

J and J 2 are supports produced from blanks I formed of sheet metal, as shown in Figs. 2

and 3, and combined with the water-heater A and the boiler, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in such a manner that the flat top portion K, having a lateral extension and a hole in said extension to admit a tube and that of each support, will engage the flat bottom surface of the boiler and the parallel flanges m of the supports project downward to rest upon the I pipes that are combined to produce the water-heater, and the sheet-metal supports J and l J 2 will be retained in place by the short tubes B and O, that are extended through the openings in said supports.

Nuts n on the screw-threaded short tubes B and G engage the under side of the flat portions of the supports J and J that are provided with holes to admit said tubes when they are placed in coinciding positions with corresponding holes in the bottom of a boiler. A nut 72. on the top end of the tube 13 and on top of a gasket 1" clamps all the overlying flat surfaces together as required to securely connect that end of the attachment with the boiler' and to produce a water-tight joint. The coupling Fat the other end serves the double purpose of clamping the overlying parts together vtofasten the attachment to the boiler and to connect the tube D with the short tube 0.

In the practical use of my invention when thus combined with a washboiler and the boiler'placed on a stove, so as to allow the water-heater to enter the c'on1bustion-cham ber, water in the boiler will be speedily heated and steam generated in the serpentine pipe B and rapidly circulated and dirty clothing in the boiler subjected to the action of the steam and water as required to facilitate the removal of dirt therefrom.

It is obvious the attachment may vary in size to correspond with diiferent sizes of washboilers. It also is obvious that when my attachment is impractical'use a boiler-cover should be in place on top of the boiler to prevent the escape of steam.

I claim as my invention 1. In a washboiler attachment for heating water, a sheet-metal plate having a lateral extension and an opening in said extension to admit a tube and downwardly-extended flanges to rest upon a plurality of straight IOC and parallel pipes connected at their ends, a plurality of parallel pipes connected at their ends, a tube fixed to one of the parallel pipes and extended up through the opening in the sheet-metal plate and a coinciding opening in the fiat bottom of a washboiler and means for fastening the said parts together for the purposes stated.

2. An attachment for washboilers, comprising a series of straight parallel pipes connected at their ends, externally-scre\ -threaded tubes fixed to the open ends of the parallel pipes, nuts placed on said tubes, sheet-metal plates having parallel flanges projecting downward and resting on said pipes and lat- JAMES N. EMARINE.

\Vitn esses:

W. A. RUTLEDGE, W. D. FORBES. 

